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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| radioactivity | /xxx/xx | Noun, Noun |
| radiation | xx/x | Noun |
| insolation | /x/x | Noun |
| gamma radiation | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| backscatter | //x | Noun |
| gamma ray | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| emanation | xx/x | Noun |
| disintegration | xxx/x | Noun |
| incidence | /xx | Noun |
| bremsstrahlung | /// | Noun |
| radiant energy | /xx/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| radionuclide | /xx/x | Noun |
| electromagnetic radiation | xxxx/xxx/x | Phrase, Noun |
| radioisotope | /xxxxx | Noun |
| irradiance | x/xx | Noun |
| curie | x/ | Name |
| gray | / | Noun |
| scintillation | /x/x | Noun |
| fallout | /x | Noun |
| atomic energy | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| daughter | /x | Noun |
| radon | /x | Noun |
| nuclear energy | /xx/xx | Name, Name |
| activation | xx/x | Noun |
| photoemission | xxx/x | Noun |
| activity | x/xx | Noun |
| nuclear | /xx | Adjective |
| radioiodine | /xx/xx | Noun |
| banana | x/x | Noun |
| radiance | /xx | Noun |
| rutherford | /xx | Name |
| tritium | /xx | Noun |
| gamma | /x | Noun |
| emittance | x/x | Noun |
| electromagnetic pulse | xxxx/x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| photoionization | xxxxx/x | Noun |
| absorbed | x/ | Adjective |
| absorption | x/x | Noun |
| academic | xx/x | Adjective, Name |
| account | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| affiliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| ambient | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| ancestry | /xx | Noun |
| antecedent | x/xx | Noun, Adjective |
| anxiety | x/xx | Noun |
| application | xx/x | Noun |
| aptitudes | /xx | Noun |
| arena | x/x | Noun |
| atmosphere | /xx | Noun |
| atomic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| back | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| backdrop | /x | Noun, Verb |
| backend | x/ | Noun |
| background noise | /x/ | Phrase, Noun |
| backgrounds | /x | Noun |
| backseat | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| backward | /x | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| backyard | /x | Noun |
| bag | / | Noun, Verb |
| baggage | /x | Noun |
| basal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| base | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| baseline | /x | Noun, Verb |
| basic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| basis | /x | Noun |
| beam | / | Noun, Verb |
| behind | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Noun |
| belonging | x/x | Noun |
| benchmark | /x | Noun, Verb |
| blue | / | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| booster | /x | Noun, Verb |
| bottom | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| branding | /x | Noun |
| breadth | / | Noun |
| briefing | /x | Noun |
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun |
| burner | /x | Noun |
| callback | /x | Noun |
| cancellation | xx/x | Noun |
| canvas | /x | Noun, Verb |
| catheter | /xx | Noun |
| cause | / | Noun, Verb |
| character | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| check | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| chemotherapy | xx/xx | Noun |
| childhood | /x | Noun |
| chloramphenicol | /x/xx | Noun |
| circumstances | /xxx | Noun |
| climate | /x | Noun, Verb |
| cocaine | x/ | Noun |
| cognizance | /xx | Noun |
| color | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| comb | / | Noun, Verb |
| complementary | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| conditions | x/x | Noun |
| connection | x/x | Noun |
| contamination | xxx/x | Noun |
| content | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| context | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| contextualization | x/xxx/x | Noun |
| contour | /x | Noun, Verb |
| core | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| corporate | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| corrosion | x/x | Noun |
| coverage | /xx | Noun |
| credentials | x/x | Noun |
| cultural | /xx | Adjective |
| curtain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| data | /x | Noun |
| decor | x/ | Noun |
| deletion | x/x | Noun |
| delisting | x/x | Noun |
| demersal | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| depth | / | Noun |
| descent | x/ | Noun |
| desktop | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| detail | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| dialysis | x/xx | Noun |
| diffusion | x/x | Noun |
| disaster | x/x | Noun |
| discharge | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| discontinuance | xx/xx | Noun |
| dismissal | x/x | Noun |
| dispersion | x/x | Noun |
| dissemination | xxx/x | Noun |
| docking | /x | Noun |
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| documentaries | xx/xx | Noun |
| documentation | xxx/x | Noun |
| dose | / | Noun, Verb |
| dust | / | Noun, Verb |
| décor | / | Noun |
| electromagnetic | xxxx/x | Adjective |
| emission | x/x | Noun |
| encore | /x | Noun, Verb |
| energy | /xx | Noun |
| environment | x/xx | Noun |
| erasure | x/x | Noun |
| error | /x | Noun, Verb |
| essence | /x | Noun |
| essential | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| ethnicity | x/xx | Noun |
| excitation | xx/x | Noun |
| exhibition | xx/x | Noun |
| exit | /x | Noun, Verb |
| experience | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| experiment | x/xx | Noun, Verb |
| expertise | xx/ | Noun, Verb |
| explanatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| exposure | x/x | Noun |
| extraction | x/x | Noun |
| face | / | Noun, Verb |
| facts | / | Verb |
| family | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| feature | /x | Noun, Verb |
| flat | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| floor | / | Noun, Verb |
| fluorescence | x/x | Noun |
| flux | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| fond | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| footnote | /x | Noun, Verb |
| foreground | /x | Noun, Verb |
| foreword | /x | Noun |
| forgiveness | x/x | Noun |
| formation | x/x | Noun |
| foundation | x/x | Noun |
| frame | / | Noun, Verb |
| framework | /x | Noun |
| function | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fund | / | Noun, Verb |
| fundamental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| general | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb |
| generalities | xx/xx | Noun |
| generic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| genesis | /xx | Noun |
| graduation | xx/x | Noun |
| grassroots | // | Adjective |
| ground | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| groundwork | /x | Noun |
| heart | / | Noun, Verb |
| heritage | /xx | Noun |
| highlight | /x | Verb, Noun |
| historic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| historical | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| historically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| histories | /xx | Adverb |
| home | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| horizon | x/x | Noun |
| hormone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| illumination | xxx/x | Noun |
| immigration | xx/x | Noun |
| impact | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| implication | xx/x | Noun |
| induced | x/ | Adjective |
| influence | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| information | xx/x | Noun |
| infrared | xx/ | Adjective, Name |
| introduction | xx/x | Noun |
| investigation | xxx/x | Noun |
